Glider rental insurance

On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 2:43:06 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 12:37:15 PM UTC-8, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
One thing to watch for is that many renter's policies only cover type-certificated aircraft. So if you borrow and bend a friend's ASW20, you might not be covered.

Thanks, Bob K.

Not Type but category and class. Type ratings usually start at 12,500 pounds Gross Weight

No, the issue I refer to is one of type certification. As I noted, many if not most renter's policies only cover type-certificated aircraft with standard airworthiness certificates. These policies do not cover aircraft that carry special airworthiness certificates issued for the purpose of operating an experimental, racing or experimental, amateur-built aircraft.

Since many imported European sailplanes in the US, including all imported ASW20s, are licensed as experimental, racing or experimental, exhibition, it is often the case that these aircraft are not covered by renter's policies.. Bottom line, talk to the agent or read the fine print to understand what is and what is not covered.

Thanks, Bob K.

On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 1:40:34 PM UTC-5, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 2:43:06 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 12:37:15 PM UTC-8, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
One thing to watch for is that many renter's policies only cover type-certificated aircraft. So if you borrow and bend a friend's ASW20, you might not be covered.

Thanks, Bob K.

Not Type but category and class. Type ratings usually start at 12,500 pounds Gross Weight

No, the issue I refer to is one of type certification. As I noted, many if not most renter's policies only cover type-certificated aircraft with standard airworthiness certificates. These policies do not cover aircraft that carry special airworthiness certificates issued for the purpose of operating an experimental, racing or experimental, amateur-built aircraft.

Since many imported European sailplanes in the US, including all imported ASW20s, are licensed as experimental, racing or experimental, exhibition, it is often the case that these aircraft are not covered by renter's policies. Bottom line, talk to the agent or read the fine print to understand what is and what is not covered.

Thanks, Bob K.

Ahhhh.... gotcha..... thanks for the clarification. ;-)